طوع

See also: ط و ع‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ط و ع‎ (ṭ-w-ʿ).

Noun

طَوْع • (ṭawʿ) m

  1. verbal noun of طَاعَ‎ (ṭāʿa) (form I)
  2. obedience
  3. voluntariness, spontaneity
    ‏طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا‎ ― ṭawʿan ʾaw karhan ― willingly or unwillingly

Declension

Adjective

طَوْع • (ṭawʿ) (feminine طَوْع (ṭawʿ), elative أَطْوَع‎ (ʾaṭwaʿ))

  1. obedient, compliant, submissive

Declension

Verb

طَوَّعَ • (ṭawwaʿa) II, non-past يُطَوِّعُ‎‎ (yuṭawwiʿu)

  1. to subjugate
  2. to entice, to tempt, to make covet
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:30:
      ‏فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُ نَفْسُهُ قَتْلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُ‎
      fa-ṭawwaʿat lahu nafsuhu qatla ʾaḵīhi fa-qatalahu
      And his soul enticed to him the murder of his brother, so he killed him

Conjugation

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